The "Gone with the Wind" Tara House found in a Georgia Barn
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- čas přidán 31. 01. 2016
- In the middle of a Henry County farm there sits an old Southern mansion. Near that mansion is an old concrete cow barn and that is where a piece of Hollywood history was discovered.
That house, more commonly known as Tara, is the star of one of the most famous films of all time - "Gone with the Wind".
Before watching this movie I couldn't answer "What's your favorite movie? ". But after watching Gone with the wind I can tell you it's my favorite movie without hesitation...
My mum was a big fan of this film. She loved it so much when she died we had gone with the wind etched on her grave stone 🥰🏴
How beautiful. I love it
I hope these pieces are restored and reconstructed and put in the 'Hollywood' section of The Smithsonian. They have a pair of Dorothy's 'ruby slippers' among many other sets and props from Hollywood movies and television. Also, they would be nice to see in the new 'Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences' museum in Los Angeles.
I grew up in North Little Rock,Arkansas ,within walking distance of the Old Mill that is in the opening scenes of Gone With The Wind. As children we used to play there all the time. The mill is still there , the grounds are beautifully kept and open to the public . Y'all come on to Arkansas
Thanks for the invite 😄👍🤘
GONE WITH THE WIND --- truly the greatest movie ever made. I've watched it hundreds of times and I never get tired of seeing it... 💖💖💖
Kind of takes the wind out, knowing those were movie sets. 😳
Love this stuff!
My favorite film! Watch it twice a year ❤️
@@billrobbins5874 There is or was a replica in New Orleans, on St. Charles Avenue.
@@betteurbain7911 Truly an epic movie back in the day. Watching it as children at the theater was profound. Kept ones attention the entire time. For kids that's amazing!
This movie came out in theatres in 1939.the year I was born. It'll be 83 years in July of this year 2022 .still a wonderful movie. Was in preteens first time I saw it. Have loved it since. It's worth watching ever so often to me the reason I could see it I was with my best friend and her mother. We were friends at school.
I used to make fun of my mom who loved this movie and watched it every year on tv when it was on. Then on its 50th anniversary, I saw it in London on a 70mm screen, and OMG! I've been obsessed ever since.
You sounded like bratty, mean kid.
I have a minor part in the history of the movie "Gone With the Wind." When the studio released the movie for showing of the general public in 1973, I believe it was, the Social Vice President of our Student Body of Seattle Pacific University found out and booked a showing at the college, a year and a half before the film was available. It was the first time the movie was shown outside a theater in the U. S. and it was a thrill! We had brand new arc projectors - brilliant white light on screen, a new print that had never been shown - no scratches or dust flicks! Tremendous event, and actually showing it and seeing it was a real treat and one of the big thrills of my life!
That is so cool!
_very_ minor part -- no, make that _very, very_ minor
That is so rad! Before VHS, DVD, etc, I bet there were lots of people there who got to see it for the first time at that showing!
@@Mithreniel Yes! The college auditorium was packed to capacity! Many of the students remembered their parents talking about it, and they were glad to get a chance to see it in a theater-type setting.
@@robertm2000 That is so lit! What was the younger crowd's reception to the movie, did they like it? Did people applaud? Must have been awesome.just to hear the score in a real theater!
As God is my witness I shall never go hungry again
Tara.....home....Ill go home....and I’ll think of someway to get him back.....after all.....tomorrow.....is another day...
@@alaskacosplay I love this quote from Scarlett. 🥰 Having a hard day today, and it's so full of hope and confidence that things can get better. I'm one of those that chooses to believe they do find each other again, and this time it works out. Home. Home is a wonderful place. ♥️🌹🎈
My favorite quote is in the novel. 'Holy Mary, Mother of God, help me think of a real good lie. '.
Not me, nor any of my kin
My eldest sister favirite phrase in this movie.lol
I think my all time favorite movie is "Gone with the wind" for the rest of my life.
Watching in 2020. It's pretty amazing this is still around after 80 + years.
Wow, you look like you could have played Scarlet!
@@melm4760 Ditto. It's very hard to come across anyone nowadays that has an appreciation for that period of movies that are now considered to be 'days gone by'. This is what makes you so unique and who knows, maybe you're a boomer like myself! :)
@@melm4760 Well, maybe we can meet on face book if you'd like, boomer years are anywhere between anywhere from 1946 to 1964...apparantly.
He's a lucky guy, God bless :)
As an RN I once got to take care of the little actress that played India Wilkes. It was in Charleston, SC. Unfortunately she had dementia and wasn’t able to tell her story. And she indeed was a very tiny little lady
Bless you. I’m sure you took great care of her.
Tara is my oldest daughters name... and yes, I named her because of the movie and loved how many times they say "". Tara...""
WOW! It's so good to know that some of the movie set is still around and that people care about preserving it. 👍🏻😀
Yes,Peter is a friend of mine - he took me there when it was all still in that barn. I was amazed that the building was open to some weather,carpenter bees etc...He's an entertaining historian and told me stories about the Talmadge house which you can see in this video.
Beautiful story. My Favorite. Absolutely touching movie. The scenery is breath taking. Love the BIG OLD HOUSES THE CLOTHES THE ACTORS and SWEET HATTIE
This is my favorite movie ❤️❤️❤️
Well I know that Tara was also used as the Barkley's house on Big Valley and for many years it sat on a hill on the 40 acre back lot overlooking the sets of gomer pyle, Hogan's heroes, and the lagoon on Gilligan's island.
Awesome movie. The owner should build the movie scene of Tara. Thank you for sharing. Have a wonderful weekend. ❤
Odd that this set and all memorabilia wouldn't be in some museum. Great that it's still around
I named my daughter, Tara because of the movie I loved Gone With The Wind
Build it and they will come!! 😊
My Mum enjoyed this Movie when she found it.Rest well Mum!!!
Best Movie Ever,,, Always will able to Watch it Again and Again //\\ Buildings do go eventually
My grandfather worked for John Hay Whitney, who owned the movie. It aired in Thomasville first, not Atlanta.
It would be beautiful to see the house up again.
The facade was used for many years in various other movies and television shows. Hopefully it will one day be put back together.
Ain't gonna happen
I have a miniature ceramic model of Tara with Scarlett at the door and I love it. It's good enough for me.
Ahhhh, Rhett Butler....🥰😍🤩 Clark Gable was a class act, all the way!
Oh, my! He was so hot then I'm surprised the screen didn't catch on fire!❤🔥
Ummm- I guess you didn’t hear what he did to Loretta Young.
It is designed to be preserved, for many generations. 2022 onwards.
I talked to some young people about the movie and they don't even like it,I wish they could appreciate it like the older generations
The movie hasn't aired in quite some time now. Ever since all this ethicality talk ... nevertheless, one of the best films ever made!! 👏🏻
@@raspberrysherbet5285 why do you say that? It hasn't been aired in over 3 yrs at the least.
@@raspberrysherbet5285 I don't think so. Just saying, a great film, but no longer televised because of how it is NOW portrayed.
@@raspberrysherbet5285 pardon me? You are the ignorant one. To each it's own, keep on moving on 🖖🏻
@@schen5425 just seen it about a week ago,it's still on turner movie classic
I love Hattie McDaniel. God bless her sweet soul.
I know and when she went to the Oscars they made her enter through the side or back entrance! Appalling!
Fabulous actress!
I’m so surprised to see these things. I’m a SoCal gal, and there was a fire there some decades ago and a lot of famous sets were destroyed, and the Tara house was supposedly one of them. It was common knowledge here at that time. I wonder if those set pieces were moved there? It’s grand to know they’ve come to light, and they do definitely need to be in a museum setting somewhere. Good news.
If somebody rebuild Tara it will be wonderful. Great movie Gone with the wind 🤗🤗🤗
One of my favorite movies ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
If the set was rebuilt, I'd pay to go see it.
The front door has been restored and is on display in Marietta GA in the Gone With the Wind museum.
But how sad nowadays. Everything is destroyed.
My favorite movie ever !!!
Cool story…I live in Lubbock Tx and back in the ‘70’s, a gentleman built a home here and named it Little Tara. Identical structure but smaller. Over time, it became a restaurant with a bar in the basement called Underground Savannah. Sadly it was closed and eventually left to be run down. Now torn down for major road to go through. 😢
That's so sad. SMH.
I think I recall seeing little Tara when I lived in Lubbock too! I think i do recall it being dismantled for a road to be built. I did not know that used to be a restaurant, though
We have a "Tara" here in Georgia in Loganville. Burt Reynolds had it built when he was married to Loni Anderson and they lived there for years. It's now a events place I believe. Absolutely beautiful place
@@bethshadid2087 I got to look that up 👍🏻
For the couple who bought the set it sounds like they never saw it's revival. That's why it's important to be aware of historical purchases. Don't hide them away "Knowing I have it!". It's senseless. You can't take it with you!
gettagarip. the house was on a back lot in ca.
It was just a movie, not real.
It was the wife of our then governor. She probably never intended on fixing anything especially it being parts of the house.....just a talking point amongst societal elites.
The Culver City, CA backlot "40 Acres" where the "Tara" house and the Atlanta train station sat, is now an industrial park. MGM's Lot 3, that held "Tarzan"s jungle and "Showboat"s river, is now a luxury apartment complex. Warner Ranch, which used to be Columbia's Burbank backlot, was sold to a real estate development company and bulldozed earlier this year. Most of Fox's backlot is now a group of highrises called Century Plaza. Starting to see a pattern?
the Tara spot was later used for the Stalag 13 in the _Hogan's Heroes_ TV sitcom.
Wonderful discovery
My all time favorite!
I just re-watched GWTW last night, Classic🥰
Best film ever
I’m a hard core trivia fan. I didn’t know Tara was only a hundred miles from me in the Talmadge barn! 🤭 It should be reassembled and displayed at the Smithsonian!!
Wonderful! My favorite movie
Loved that movie!!
That's when they made GREAT MOVIES.👍💯✝️❤️
He know his history! Kudos to this guy 👍 I LOVE GwtW 💝
Oh my favorite movie ever and my absolutely favorite novel 🙏🏼💖💖🥰🥰
The novel is amazing!❤
Yes. I finally read the book and it’s wonderful.
Love ❤️ this movie 🎬 forever
*Amazing!*
Wow! Luv it 😍
Fascinating...
Really neat!
A shame the parts left of Tara are still stored away in this old barn. Hopefully, the original Tara House can be restored using the parts that are left from the original house used in Gone With the Wind. The original parts can be used in the reconstruction of Tara.
It was not a complete house, just a prop.
You know it’s not real, right?
Great 🎥 Movie😊♥️
Awesome!
Wonderful I still love the movie she lost it all and learned to work with her hands
I drove by the real Tara home everyday for years while living in GA. 🥰
The Fitzgerald farmhouse?
The question is: how come the real owner of the farm spent 75 years without knowing that such material existed???
renarga Maybe he had just never thought about it before.
Betty Talmadge did know what she had. Even though the parts are identified and can be put together, the parts are almost 100 years old. The wood won't handle the stress of being put back. She bought it from another buyer, who bought it from the MGM lot. They did try to put it back together, but had the same problem. If you call ahead, you can make arrangements to visit the barn and have a picture taken of you and the parts to Tara. The funny thing about it all was that Margaret is from the Lovejoy area. She started writing the book in her family home. But, it did not come close to resembling Tara and she did not want people comparing the two. So, her will stipulated that upon her death, if he wanted to inherit her fortune, he had to burn the family home down. He did. The "Dump" where she wrote the majority of hit still exists as a landmark in Atlanta. The Loew's Theater where it premiered was torn down because transients burned it to many times in the winter. The Georgia Pacific building is there now.
@@1956blueeyes What a silly woman. Burning down the family home.
@@BlossomFlowerGirl Agree. That is one of tbe stupidest things I have ever heard. What a looney toon.
That part is a damn lie.
I would love to see that. WOW!
Tara was the front of the Selznick studios.
I love that movie.
Amazing.
Absolutely
The indoor scenes were shot in a real Mansion. Visited it in the early 1970s. To me the outside looked different. Now I know why.
What a story xx
Love this movie
Yes, but the land Under Tara belonged to my Grandfather's (on my mother's side) relations. The picture at the End of the movie shows Tara on a hill. The land it shows the mansion sitting on ..... (Too Briefly I Might Add!) is property belonging to my mother's family. Mother told me that when I was in my teens. That was quite a revelation to me.
Like the saying goes "If walls could talk".
Wow!
Good work Joe Floccari! Now some "Gone with the Wind" nut is going to break in and steal it.
DR X Haha I'm picturing how this would play out. They'd break into the barn and steal it,and then just as they are walking out someone sees them,and says "What are you doing with that? That's not your's " so they look at the person and say "Frankly my dear,I don't give a damn”
@@morganmiller5413 Not damb - it’s damn!
Interestingly fun❗🙂👍🏾
Put it all back together please
'if you put a knife under the bed, it cuts the pain in two'
never understood why people love that movie
Are the pieces still in the barn? This story is (6) years old; just wondering if anything was ever done.
Still there. You can still see them. Tours happen by appointment and on weekends. The front door was restored by Tallmadge and it's in the Gone With The Wind museum in Marietta GA. Really neat to see
@@efrazier0217 Thanks!
@@georgiapines7906 everything was auctioned off a few years ago
So put it together already!
WOW~
6 yrs ago! I wonder if its still in tack 2022.
it wasn't lost. we in Georgia have known this forever.
I own this DVD. One of my favorité movies
Wow
I loved the movie. That said, the book was wwaaaayy better. While the movie is long and beautiful, keeping in mind that the color film was still rare to some extent, the book is different. Scarlett had multiple children, one from each marriage. The poor child of her first marriage always gets dragged through life, haunting her. I think it is time to reread the book again!
The movie did a couple scenes better than the book, however. When Scarlet "donates" her ring for The Cause at the Bazaar was handled much better in the movie. But the scene the writers really nailed was in the library when Scarlet throws & breaks the vase. In the book Rhett sits up from the couch and says, "This is too much". Meh. But in the movie his line was, "Has the war started?". NAILED IT.
The best thing about the story is, it was all based loosely on real people from Mitchell's family. Tara was in reality Rural Home. The home where the prop resides was believed to have been the Wilkes home (the name escapes me at the moment). A great story of how a woman overcame obstacles in the man's world. In order to better herself and her family.
@@efrazier0217 Twelve Oaks I believe.
ВСЕ В ТАКОМ ЗАПУЩЕНИИ. ВОТ ВАМ И ЛЕГЕНДА . ГРУСТНО. ВСЕ ПРОСТО ТАК, КРОМЕ ДЕНЕГ
I want too see the Twelve Oaks from movie.
Don Don ikr, the staircase is gorgeous
Twelve Oaks is for sale at auction on July 25th.
The real Twelve Oaks address is at 2178 Monticello Street SW, Covington, Georgia. Margaret Mitchell used it as the inspiration for her book and mailed a pic of the real home to the studio.
Joey Carter source?
@@hankk3359 Several different books I've read and a couple docs all mention that Mitchell told the producer about this house near her that she saw as 12 Oaks and the producers saw it and agreed. That house is now a B & B but last I checked was for sale. But the B & B also claims to be the inspiration for 12 Oaks as the original owners knew MM and she told them. I've seen so darn many GWTW docs I can't remember which ones talked about it though. LOL On the road to Tara may have been one of the ones of the books.
Peter… You had better schedule that on your insurance policy, because if it should turn up missing, you’ll never get reimbursement for it.
So lucky
Correct me if I'm wrong,but I thought Tara was the name of the O Hara's land?. . . . . Better go back to the book!🤔
0:42 This particular scene is set at Ashley's much grander Twelve Oaks, not Tara.
I just noticed the You Tube real estate plug for the sale of Twelve Oaks. Comments are turned off!! Why? Is it because this is a replica? Years ago this house was for sale, all glorious, but in the small print it was admitted it wasn’t the original estate. Some fake thing. The lot is small - nothing even close to the expansive acres originally presented in the movie. You can even see portions of surrounding houses. Oh well.
Most of the movie clips with Scarlett are at 12 Oaks, not Tara.
But the house Tara was patterned after is in Jonesboro, and can be toured.
What's that sound?
It went with the wind.
Makes me think of Kenya Moore
when she said I'm gone w the wind feeling whatever she said with a twirl.
Holaaaa por que ponen los comentarios en inglés yo no sé inglés pero si me interesa los comentarios que dicen soy admiradora de está película
😬 I have never seen Gone With The Wind, I need to fix that.
Scarlet O’Hara was a rebel hussy
Im a general contractor. I would like to build a hangar type metal building and erect Tara on the inside in climate control settings.